| The more the significance of speech language | | | | advancements in medicine. These individuals may also |
| pathology is realized, the more opportunities for exciting | | | | require speech language pathology to get back to their |
| careers arise for speech language pathologists. | | | | normal life.o About half of the 110,000 jobs held in 2006 |
| Speech language pathology is a serious task, on which | | | | by speech language pathologists were in educational |
| could hinge the successful physical and emotional | | | | services comprising preschools and elementary and |
| development of a child, the rehabilitation of a trauma-hit | | | | secondary schools.o Most of the remaining jobs were |
| person, the emotional stability of the affected individual, | | | | in hospitals, nursing care centers, home health care and |
| and the happiness of the family to which the individual | | | | individual and family services, outpatient care centers |
| belongs. The task therefore involves dedication, intense | | | | and child day care centers.o The rest of the employed |
| concentration, patience, and a personal desire to help | | | | speech language pathologists held private practice, |
| the individual get back to his feet. | | | | working on a contract basis in schools, hospitals, |
| With greater emphasis placed on early detection of | | | | doctors' offices and other institutions, even as industry |
| speech and language disorders in a child, and Federal | | | | consultants. |
| law guaranteeing treatment of disorders in schools, | | | | For exciting careers as speech language pathologists, |
| elementary and secondary schools will require more | | | | you should ideally have a Master's degree in speech |
| speech language pathologists either employed full time | | | | language therapy course accredited by the Council on |
| or on a contract basis. Thanks to the increasing | | | | Academic Accreditation in Audiology and |
| number of the ageing baby boomer generation, | | | | Speech-Language Pathology. Jobs in certain states |
| hospitals have many aging individuals with neurological | | | | require a license or registration. Speech language |
| problems that could bring about speech and language | | | | therapists willing to relocate to the place of the job |
| disorders, among other issues. An increasing number | | | | could also land themselves attractive careers. |
| of victims of accidents are surviving thanks to | | | | |